NBA: 'No evidence of bad faith' with Green

Tue, 06/26/2012 - 6:16pm — Paul Flannery

The NBA has awarded the Celtics a 2013 second-round draft pick from Oklahoma City in response to a complaint filed by the Celtics over the Jeff Green trade in February 2011. Green missed the entire 2011-12 season following heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm.

In a statement, the NBA said:

"As part of a ruling in a trade disclosure dispute between the Boston Celtics and the Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA Commissioner David Stern today awarded the Celtics a 2013 second-round draft pick held by the Thunder. Stern found that there was no evidence of bad faith or any intent to withhold information on the part of Thunder management or its physicians, but that Oklahoma City's cardiologists were in possession of information about Jeff Green that was not shared with Thunder management and that should have been disclosed to the Celtics in connection with the trade of Green in February 2011."

The pick is believed to be the Bobcats' second-round pick, which was acquired by Oklahoma City in a separate trade. Yahoo! was the first to report the news.